Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Zambia
Zambia: Sheep fat, unrendered — Production was 46.4 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep fat, unrendered — production in Zambia is 46.4 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 19.7% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Zambia peaked at 57.76 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.4 t, in 1976.
Zambia ranks 123rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.93 t | 5.17 t | 6.65 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.5 t | 4.4 t | 6.23 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.75 t | 4.68 t | 10.19 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.98 t | 10.5 t | 21.7 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.88 t | 25.2 t | 39.55 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.39 t | 30.91 t | 45.45 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.36 t | 36.76 t | 57.76 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 120 Hungary 52.13 t compare
- 121 Sierra Leone 51.28 t compare
- 122 Madagascar 47.52 t compare
- 124 Slovakia 42.45 t compare
- 125 Finland 42 t compare
- 126 Montenegro 40.57 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — production in Zambia?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — production in Zambia was 46.4 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 57.76 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4 t in 1976.
- How does Zambia rank for sheep fat, unrendered — production?
- Zambia ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep fat, unrendered — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.